Rein-holder.



No. 838,'731. PATENTED DEC. 18, 1906. E. MASURATH.

REIN HOLDER.

APPLIGATION I'ILED MAE-10, 1905.

THE uuRRls PETERS cc, wAsumurau, D. c.

EDUARD MASURATH, OF INERDER, NEAR POTSDAM, GERMANY.

REIN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application filed March 10,1905. Serial No. 249,504.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDUARD MAsURATH, manufacturer, a subject of the German Emperor, and a resident of WVerder, near Potsdam, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Rein-Holders, of which the follhwing is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for holding the reins of the horse harnessed to a vehicle, agricultural implement, or the like, so as to relieve the driver when necessary.

The improved holder is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side and Fig. 2 an end elevation.

The rein-holder consists of a base-plate a, having an inclined lug a provided with screwholes, whereby the device may be secured to the dashboard or any other suitable part of the vehicle. At one end the plate a has an upright a into which one end of a horizontal pin 0 is riveted. On this pin is mounted the clamp 1). Between the upright a and clamp b a spring (1 is wound round the pin 0, one end bearing against the plate a, while the other end presses against a shoulder b on the clamp b. In this manner the roughened under part b of the clamp is always held down to the base-plate a by spring-pressure. To relieve the spring and prevent jamming of the parts 6 a, a stop b is provided at the outer end of the clamp 19, which stop, by pressing against the split pin 6, limits the amount of rotation of the clamp b. The plate a is rounded at a so as to facilitate introduction of the reins between plate a and clamping-surface b The clamp is opened by means of the handle f.

It must be understood that I do not desire to restrict myself to the precise embodiment of the invention here illustrated, as the details of construction may be greatly varied without departure from the novel features of the invention. Thus, for example, it may in some cases be desirable to have a horizontal lug a instead of an inclined one, and such lug might be provided at the end of the plate, or, for instance, two lugs might be employed. The handle f may likewise be of any desired shape and may be located at any suitable part of the clamping member. The under side of the latter I prefer to indent or roughen in order to render the grasp on the reins more secure. Such roughening may be effected by the provision of teeth, corrugations, ribs, fluting, or the like. The clamping-surface of the plate a may be likewise roughened.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new A rein-holder, comprising a plate adapted to be secured to the vehicle or the like, and presenting a clamping-surface, a pin secured at one end to said plate, a clamping member turning on the pin and cooperating with the clamping-surface of the plate, a spring wound on the pin, one end of the spring bearing against the plate and the other end against the clamping member whereby the two clamping-surfaces are held together, a split pin retaining the clamping member on the platepin, and a stop on the clamping member adapted to limit the extent of turning of the latter, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 6th day of December, 1.904, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDUARD MASURATH.

Witnesses WOLDEMAR HAUPT, HENRY HASPER. 

